Re: Amplifier testing

From: Stephen Reill (sreill@OPTONLINE.NET)
Date: Sat Apr 07 2001 - 08:38:04 EDT


Thanks..the reason I asking is because I had this amp in an old truck and
when I took out the subs, the speaker wires were left hanging and I think the
pos and neg were left toching...will this result in a blown amp??? Thanks
again
Im gonna try the bench test...

Chris and/or Kathy Carton wrote:

> You have to bench test it. You could use a car battery to see if it
> receives power. A continuity tester won't work, well it will but it takes
> alot of work. Simulate a hook-up by hooking up the power wire and the
> negative wire, then touch the trigger wire to the positive side. If it
> shows you have power, then hook a radio and speaker to see what happens.
> One speaker will work to test all channels just hook it up to each channel
> one at a time.
>
> Chris
>
> www.cruznlo.com



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